High 5 Gallery presents PARANORMS, a mixed media exhibition by Sofya Mirvis. The work incapsulates a sense of longing for places free from our ‘norms’. Layers of drawn, collaged and painted elements add dimension to already compressed interactions. A trompe l’oeil effect permeates these pieces guiding the viewer through hidden narratives within ethereal landscapes. What seems at first a familiar existence comes into focus, moving us further and further into the unknown. PARANORMS will be on view in the month of April 2018 with an opening on Friday, April 6, 2018. www.high5gallery.com

Announcing a month long exhibition featuring a collection of artists displaying some never-before seen work. This show is a cumulative effort following a mask-making workshop, as well as an exhibition of resistance-themed artworks curated by Natalie Merritt and Liz Krick. High 5 Gallery is located at 554 North Lawrence Street, Philadelphia PA.

Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center presents Surreal Narratives, a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Sofya Mirvis and Hermine Gittleman. Sofya Mirvis explores cultural narratives, seamlessly integrating collage elements into etherial landscape while Hermine Gittleman creates illustrative work using a unique technique of ink on mylar. Hermine's characters are the representation of the consequences of norms and beliefs created by these memories, while Sofya's environments present a sublime, but strangely familiar dystopia. The reception will be held on October 8, 2017 from 12-3 pm. The exhibit will extend to October 14 and 15 from 11-3 and will close with an artist talk on October 15 from 2-3 pm. For more information please visit https://www.mrartcenter.org/october-2017-surreal-narratives/

Sofya Mirvis' artwork The Ancient Mariner will be on display as part of Vessels, a seasonal juried exhibition at the Susquehanna Art Museum with a free public opening on May 19, 2017.

In Ancient Mariner, Sofya explores the significance of the poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a lyrical capture of a man plagued by guilt of harming nature.

Vessels challenged artists to consider the functions and possibilities of a vessel, both visually and conceptually. The exhibit is curated by Sun Young Kang and Regis Brodie and will run from May 19, 2017 through August 4, 2017. For further information, please visit http://www.susquehannaartmuseum.org/galleries/vessels/

Kitchen Table Gallerypresents CONJURE, a two person show featuring mixed media works of Sofya Mirvis and ceramic sculpture of Jason Lee Starin. Mirvis's paintings and works on paper explore distortion and enchantment of landscape and figure narratives, while Starin's powerful ceramic forms are reminiscent of charmed dwellings and the beings and shadows that surround them. The exhibition will open on February 18, 2017 from 6-9 pm, and will run for two weeks. For more information, please visit kitchentablegallery.com

The Random Tea Room and Curiousity Shoppe presents "Cuts and Spills", a solo exhibition featuring the mixed media collage work of Sofya Mirvis with an opening on September 8th, 2016 from 6-9 pm.

This collection is the artist’s cumulative oeuvre over the last three years. It will also include a free tea staining and mixed media workshop on September 11th, 2016 from 2-4 pm, where Sofya will share her process of putting together these complex elements and participants will have a chance to make their own mixed media collage piece.

The exhibit will run for from September 8 through October 9, 2016. For more information, please visit therandomtearoom.com or @curiositeas on instagram.

Tons of stickers were on display last night at Rabbit Hole Productions for a one-night Pop-Up show featuring over 25 Philadelphia sticker and street artists. These events have included street artists who have turned to exhibiting their work in a traditional gallery setting, as well as those, like myself, who are well versed in a gallery setting but are new to street art. These events are great for trading, collaborative art making, and exchanging ideas, as well as planning new events, exhibitions, and projects.

The stickers have been a great avenue to sketch out new paintings ideas at a rapid pace, but since have become their own tiny artworks. I will be cataloguing and featuring these hand-painted miniatures in my store soon. Stay tuned!